diff --git a/scripts/update-kernel-rpi.sh b/scripts/update-kernel-rpi.sh
index c027996dd..63cb0287f 100755
--- a/scripts/update-kernel-rpi.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-kernel-rpi.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fi
 defconfigs=(buildroot-external/configs/{rpi*,yellow}_defconfig)
 sed -i "s|BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION=\"https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/.*\"|BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION=\"https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/archive/$1.tar.gz\"|g" "${defconfigs[@]}"
 sed -i "s/| \(Raspberry Pi.*\|Home Assistant Yellow\) | .* |/| \1 | $2 |/g" Documentation/kernel.md
-git commit -m "RaspberryPi: Update kernel $2 - $1" "${defconfigs[@]}" Documentation/kernel.md
+git commit -m "RaspberryPi: Update kernel to $2 - $1" "${defconfigs[@]}" Documentation/kernel.md
 
 ./scripts/check-kernel-patches.sh
 
diff --git a/scripts/update-kernel-upstream.sh b/scripts/update-kernel-upstream.sh
index 5bd1ba985..4ab370872 100755
--- a/scripts/update-kernel-upstream.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-kernel-upstream.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,37 @@ if [ -z "$1" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# assume the version is same in all defconfigs, take ova as the reference
+current_version=$(grep 'BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE' buildroot-external/configs/ova_defconfig | cut -d '"' -f 2)
+
+# get X.Y.Z tokens of the current and new version
+IFS='.' read -r -a current_version_parts <<< "$current_version"
+IFS='.' read -r -a new_version_parts <<< "$1"
+
+
 defconfigs=(buildroot-external/configs/{generic_aarch64,generic_x86_64,ova,tinker,odroid_*,khadas_vim3,green}_defconfig)
 sed -i "s/BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE=\".*\"/BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE=\"$1\"/g" "${defconfigs[@]}"
 sed -i "s/| \(Open Virtual Appliance\|Generic aarch64\|Generic x86-64\|Tinker Board\|ODROID-.*\|Khadas VIM3\|Home Assistant Green\) | .* |/| \1 | $1 |/g" Documentation/kernel.md
-git commit -m "Linux: Update kernel $1" "${defconfigs[@]}" Documentation/kernel.md
+
+commit_message="Linux: Update kernel to $1"
+
+# get links to changelog if we're only updating the Z part of the version
+if [ "${current_version_parts[0]}" == "${new_version_parts[0]}" ] && \
+   [ "${current_version_parts[1]}" == "${new_version_parts[1]}" ] && \
+   [ "${current_version_parts[2]}" -lt "${new_version_parts[2]}" ]; then
+
+    commit_message="$commit_message"$'\n\n'
+
+    # loop from the current Z + 1 to the new Z
+    for (( z = current_version_parts[2] + 1; z <= new_version_parts[2]; z++ )); do
+        next_version="${current_version_parts[0]}.${current_version_parts[1]}.$z"
+        commit_message="${commit_message}* https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v${current_version_parts[0]}.x/ChangeLog-${next_version}"$'\n'
+    done
+
+    # remove trailing newline
+    commit_message=$(echo -n "$commit_message")
+fi
+
+git commit -m "$commit_message" "${defconfigs[@]}" Documentation/kernel.md
 
 ./scripts/check-kernel-patches.sh